Sports Briefs

Eagles prep for basketball season

opener after exhibition win over UPS

Five players scored in double figures – including one player Eagle fans probably won’t see this season – as the Eastern Washington University men’s basketball team defeated Puget Sound 89-55 Nov. 9 in an exhibition game at Reese Court.

Guard Cody Benzel, who is expected to redshirt this season, hit his first five three-point attempts and finished with 15 points for the Eagles. He is a freshman out of Spokane’s Ferris High School.

Eastern outscored the NCAA Division III team from Tacoma 51-23 in the second half.

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